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RICHMOND AGAIN.
Rather Strong Proof for the 10th Wis.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I notice an
article in your paper dated Nov. II, 1887, in
relation to the entering Of Richmond, Va, in
which George v Card, Co. G, 18th N. H., of
Pennington, n. H., claims to furnish official
evidence that the 18th n. 81. first entered Rch-
mond Va on April 3, 1865. l infer that there
has been some controversy in relation to which
regiment first arrived IN that long-sought-for
city.
l beg to state land corroborate with any
number Of Witnesses) that the 10Th Wis was
in the Eighteenth Corps, and was at that time
stationed at Chapin's Farm, eight miles out
of Richmond, nearer than any other troops,
and was on t. night of April on picket under
command of .daj Vaughn, of the 10Th, the
Colonel, r. NJ. Strong being absent in conse-
quence of losing leg at the second battle OF
Fair Oaks. The 18th pieketed in, little after
sunrise of April 3, and placed their flag on the
State House. and ranking officer of think
New Hampshire regiment ordered the colora
of the 18th taken down and his placed in their
stead. Maj. Vaughn returned to the court
house with tears, Joined his regiment, and
placed his flag on the courthouse, where it re-
manned until after the review of the troops
made by Gen. Charles Devon few days after
who sat on his horse during the review under
the shadow Of our flag.
had an opportunity of knowing the facts
as | was Medical PurYey0r of the Eighteenth
and Twenty-fourth Corps, and went into Rich
mond with the picket-line at the time. Col
L. F. Dodge, nay Assistant Purveyor, and my.
self, before o'clock that morning registered
our names at the Spottswood Hotel, the frs
Yanks that wrote their names on Rich
mond hotel register after it was taken, and thu
fact was so published in the Richmond papers
at the time. This is not the first instance
where ranking officers have appropriated Il
ytaof
tied TOD. B. DEyENDoRF, Surgeon, 19tt
! Wis Delayan Wis
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ANOTHER WAR BABY.
Was COmrade Grimm. ION \. ]. CAV, tte YOunges

Was C0mrade Griffin, 10th n Y. Cav, the YOungestl
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Although of
no particular Importance, | send the following
record as so far distancing all previous claims
made through the columns of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE as to who was the youngest soldier
as to justify its publication. think it will
have TO be admitted that the 10th n. Y. Cav
carried the baby" and are entitled to the
cake.
At the Reunion of the 10th N. Y. Cav. held
in Buffalo Dec. z and 8, among the former MEM
bers of the regiment present was Eddie ). Grit
fin, who came all the way from Atehison, Kan,
to meet his old comrades. Young Griffin went
with the regiment from Elmira, n. Y, in De-
cember 1861, and for more than year gave his
services as bugler to the country, without COM
pensatiop, his age rendering him ineligible to
enlistment and muster. Not only young, but
small in stature, the boy was the observed of
Ml Observers" The smallest pair OF Govern
ment pants obtainable were worn by the mid
get rolled up to the knees, while the peajacket
resting on his diminutive shoulders Mapped
about like shirt on a bean-pole. But the kid,
who became very popular with the boys, pos
sessed grit and staying qualities that finally
brought reward. How he succeeded in storing
sufficient wind In his small body to infuse so
much noise and yigor into his bugle calls was
mystery. He finally attracted the attention
of Gen. Gregg who obtained a special order
from the War Department for his muster into
SERVICE and young Griffin enlisted, and was
mustered on the 4th Of May 1863, as bugler OF
Co b, 10th NJ Y. Cav, serving with the regi-
ment until june q, 1865, when he was muster
ed out at Clouds Mills, Va. The regiment hav-
ing been consolidated with the oath N. Y. Cav,
at that time, young Griffin found his occupation
gone. lie was 36 years old the 4th day of Au-
gust, 1887, making his age at the time of mus.
ter into the service IL years and three months
1t is now in order for the next youngest SOL
der to rise and explain.
Comrade Griffin has grown TO a man in stat
ure, but is still boysh in appearance. He is a
handsome young fellow, and quite modest
He objected to posing as the youngest chile
in the family" but the above statements car
be veriied.-N. ID. PRESTON, 10th N. Y. Cav.
| Pittsburg, Pa.
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copy of the Song of the She'll" written By
J. Warren Newcombe jr. If so, he would like
to have him send it to the paper for publica-
ton.
A. T. Charron, Oconto Falls, Wis, asks If the
title of the United States to the Sturgeon Bay
Canal is good. He should write to the Chitt
Of Engineers o. 5. A., Washington.
G. S. Nichols, Co. L, S5th Pa, Oaks, Pa,
wants the date OF Gen. John G. Fremont's proc
lamation declaring the slaves free in the West
the proclamation that was revoked by Presi-
dent Lincoln. He also wants the address of
the Gen. Taylor who succeeded Gen. Gibbon
in the command of his division after the latter
was wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec, 13 1862.
He would like to hear from any member Of the
sth Ill. Cav. who was in Alexandria in 1862.
Give Them Their Due.
Fl. F. Landes, Co. Fl, both Ind, Wellington,
Kan, decidedly disapproves of the Presidents
message in regard to the surplus, and thinks it
could be used adyantageously in distribution
among the soldiers.
H. c. Burns, Union Veteran Legion, Pitts
burg, Pa. MOntserrat, Mo, indOrses TIE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE's argument in favor Of PEN
sion for disability, but wants the same pension
for age for service during the late war as that
recently granted to the veterans of the Mexican
war; whethSs shot or not
Isaac Holt, Monroe, Tenn, urges THE Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE to use all your influence 70
| repeal the limitation of arrears of pensions"
Joseph B. Potter, Sergeant, Co. II. SD Pa,
Berryville Ark, urges the repeal of the limita-
ton of arrears Of pensions. Many old soldiers
delayed applying for years out of Difference to
the Government, thinking they could support
| themselves. and when they found they needed
| help, found also that evidence then was hard to
| get, and thus injustice ensued.
| Capt. P. S. Real, Goth ILL.,, Grafton, Neb, says
| if the surplus in the Treasury bothers the Pres
/ ident, good way to dispose of it would be to
| pay the difference between paper and gold 70
| the soldiers who received paper during the war.
and also to repay the income tax deducted from
| officers salaries during that time
VIM. E. Palcns, Co. /, 9TH La. Cav, Fed
| Puyallup, Wash. Ter, urges comrades to demand
| Congressional legislation to protect settlers in
| the West who have taken up homesteads or
| lands which the railroads are now claiming.
Phillip Killey, AledO, ILL.,. agrees with Com
rade Murphy in his demand that invalid pen
sioners should be rated as high as those whC
have lost a leg or an arm.
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THE 9Th MAINE.
1t was There, Although the Record Omits TO Say s

It was There, Although the Record 0mits TO Say So.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t was with
great interest and satisfaction that / read the
record of the fighting done by the Army of
the Potomac, published In THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. but with grievous disappointment
found its official form excludes at least three
that were among the foremost of the heroic
regiments forming that army, viz: the 9Th, 9Th
aud 7th Me-, whose valiant deeds are to be Off
cially inscribed on the banners of the 1st Me-,
an organization that did not exist when tho
battles were Fought
Is not this manifestly an injustice?
The 1st Me- were three-months men, with
first Bull Run the only battle of their time
Yet under the name of the 1st Me. all the
battles of the 5th, 9th and 9TH Me. are to be
perpetuated in history. Alas for the heroes
who fell in battle and are thus to be forgotten.
VIII not their blood cry for justice2
Alas for the few who survived the storms Of
iron and lead, whose heroic deeds are thus to
be dismissed from honorable mention and
recollection. Their struggles and valorous
deeds 90 to their credit under a name that few
of their number will understand or recognize,
and their own identity is lost in an officially
historical record.
The facts are these: When the ranks of the
9Th, 9th and 7th Me-, after many battles during
1861 to 1864, had become so depleted that
reorganization became necessary, those three
regiments were c0nSOllCateu IN August, 1oCti
and thenceforth were known only as the 1st
Me. until the date of their final discharge,
July 10, 1865.
OF these it has been justly said by their COM
mander of 1865: I'VE continued the good record
of former years to the very last; aud if there
were any other three regiments in the service
that performed more arduous duties for so long
and continuous time, or were engaged in
more general battles, frequent skirmishes,
sieges, marches and general hardships of that
great contest than were the 5th 9th and 9TH
Me- Including the LIST Me-, l have failed to
hear of them officially"
These three regiments are not known by
name in the Official Record"
The 9th Ne. held the post of honor at the
right in line of the Third Brigade. First Di-
vision, Sixth Corps, and its brother regiments
of that famous brigade-the 9TH Wis, 49th and
10th Pa.-appear in the record where the 9th
Me. is omitted; appearing to have been able to
retain their names while the stsil Me, under
heavier Ga5GiaiJies, NOTABLY at the Freder-
I icksburg assault of May 8, 1863, and at Kappa
hammock Station, November, 1862 earned
only extinction.
1 hold it to be great official wrong to SC
formulate a record as to deprive these three
Maine regiments Of their just fame so dearly
earned.
The record should be officially revised, and
tabulated in such form as to give to each regi
ment of the grand old Army of the Potomac
its exact and true position in history, SO thai
every heroic unit shall have due honor and re-
| membrance.-H. E. MATHEWS, San Francisco
Cal.
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A MINIE-BALLI

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I write Won
90 often that fear weary you and your read
ers. So vii be brief this time ] am hear
ing from ali the States, and am astonished 70
find that not one Of them has such wise and
liberal laws for the relief of INDECENT soldiers
81 Ohio has.
am amazed When ] wrote my first letter
thought surely some Of the States are as lib
eral as Ohio in this matter; but since / am
better informed, ] find that not one Of them
Is half as liberal as Ohio.
It is not their fault--it is the fault of the
soldiers alone. Now, comrades close up and
charge OF your Legislatures at once, and com
pei them 70 shell out; and take no excuse =
PRIVATE DALZELL.
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that catarrh Will IN time wear out. The theory
Is false. Men try 10 believe it because it would
be pleasant If true, but il is not. as all know.
DO not let an acute attack of cold in the head
remain unsubdned. II is liable TO develop into
catarrh. Yon can rid yourself Of the cold and
avoid all chance Of catarrh by using DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. II already afflicted, rid your
self Of this troublesome disease speedily by the
same means. At all druggists.
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CATARRH CURED.

A clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and yainly
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this dread
full disease sending self-addressed stamped
envelope to Prof. j. A. Lawrence 2I2 East 9th
St., New York, will receive the recipe free of
charge.
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A Tennessee Couple.

One of the strangest couples ever seen in this
city were buying toys and Christmas things at
the stores yesterday. The popularity was the
great difference in size. The man was eight
feet four inches in hight and weighed only 100
pounds. His wife's hight was four feet two
inches, while her weight was exactly that of
her husband. They were buying presents for
eight boys and II girls They lived near the
headwaters of Bledsoe's Creek, in the Twenty
sixth district of this County
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Consumption surely Cured.
To the Editor:-


Please inform your readers that have q
positive remedy for the above-named disease.
By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. shall be glad
to send two bottles of my remedy FREE to any
of your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their Express and p. o. address.
Respectfully,
7. A. sLOCUAl, NJ. c., ISL Pearl St., New York
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,TentIon. Comrades,

Do you want copy of the Vicksburg Citizen
of 1863, published the day before its surrender
to the boys? Send stamp to L. Peiro, 20
Opera House, Chicago, Ill.
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"HOVEYS BABIES"

Eminent physicians recommend Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. Ayers Almanac, at your druggists.
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were certainly very badly handled there.-E.
Fl. Low, Lieutenant Colonel, 55th U. S. c. T.,
Pulaski, Ill.
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Lost and Found.

Alpian Briggs, Co. K, 9th N. Y, Kenyon
vile, N Y. lost his discharge while on a visit
to Fort Dodge, Iowa, In 1879. He enlisted in
September, 1861, and was discharged in Octo-
Der, 1862, for disability.
David Hetrick. Co. G, 105th Pa, Kingsville,
Pa, found small pocket Bible May 3, 1863, on
the field of charlottesville on tho hy-leaf of
which is written the name of Alpheus Snow,
Silver Lake, Susquehanna Co., Pa He would
be glad to return it to one # his relatives.
Lyman A. Read, Co. G, 105th N. Y, Cooper,
Mich, says that at Warrenton, Va, late in May
or early in June, 1862, somebody took from his
knapsack lot of things, among others, red
morocco bound Bible. The book was present,
aud he would like to have the comrade who
took it return it. He hopes the Bible has done
the other fellow some good meanwhile. Solo,
mon Eurick, of the seth Pa. was detailed after
Antietam to the hospital bakery in charge of
DIR. VANDERBILT. The writer was detailed
with him, and would like to hear from him.
1t was Comrade ]. p Thompson, of Santa
| Ana, CAL, who lost moss and shell wreath at
| the st. Louis Eneampment, instead of ]. d.
| Lynch.
Information Asked and Given.
| A. Mott, Hawlett Station, Colo, guardian to
the children of Patrick O'Toele, 9Th q. S. Cav,
wants to know the name of the Post Surgeon
at Fort David A. Russell, Cheyenne, Wyo.. in
| 1863, who attended O'Toole before he was dis
| charged for disability.
| Capt Louis f. Emilio, No. 6 East Fifty-eighth
street, New York, wants to know if any of the
| readers of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE have q
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TO the last troops 10 leave the battlefield of Gun
| town. / now most empbatically say that all the
| white troops were in full retreat at the time,
I while the colored troops were yet in line of
battle, and that the colored troops remained
/ there for nearly an hour after all the white
troops were gone, and only retreated when the
rebels were in front and on both TANKS and
want 20 say further that no better fighting was
ever done than they did that day. Every
movement that was made was with the same
precision as if on dress parade, and every COM
mand executed as coolly as at ordinary guard
mountings.
They lost as many men, according to the
number engaged, as any other brigade on that
field they were the only troops that kept Their
organization and arms intact, and carried those
arms back TO Memphis.
Why these claims should be made / can't IN.
derstand, unless it is general understanding
10 ignore all reference 10 eolored troops
In q recent article in your paper Mai. Foster
takes up the cudgel in defense Of the coloreC
troops at Guntown. After reading his article
/ wrote him saying he had not done justice Il
thesuhject by not claiming enough. His reply
was that by not claiming too much we might
get some credit; but by claiming all that W.
deserve we would run across the prejudice, anG
some of that blame that might be attached Il
the whole command, and thereby get up fight
! have no such feeling about the matter. / an
getting accustomed to being jumped on by al
Creation about Guntown, SO that don't mine
il now. And now assert that if the whit
troops had been handled with the same com
mon sense as the colored troops were, we woul'
have an entirely different story to tell of Gun
town.
do not want to be understood as sayint
that Gen. Sturgis is blameless in the genera
management of the BATTLE but I do content
D that others were not wholly blameless
And now that have had my say viii onl,
S add that in all have said mean norefectio
on the rank and file of the noble mon that me
E such terrible defeat ON that fatal day Fo
men badly handled are easily whipped, and the
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by the inch in Zoar. His sermons
have grown more spiritual in temper
and more perfect in style, and he
finds more time for pastoral visiting
since he has occupied this home. His
flock hold him in the highest esteem
and honor, and he has a name in the
denomination but in the minds of
few of the old members of the South
Turkeyville church there turks a sus-
picion that he is known as "not quite
sound" This suspicion will never he
laid, but it grew out of the innocent
candor of little Peter Paul, who,
while playing his last game of "hOuse
aire" with the little boy next door,
said:
I'm real glad, an SOS mamma,
that we ant going to live in our
house." and he pointed expressively
at the new parsonage. 'The racket
at DIR. Wheat's made papa 'stracted,
an / do guess f he had it all the
time he'd just give up and die"
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Fault Finding.

A querulous disposition, either in
private or public life, is exceedingly
disagreeable. But it is necessary to
discriminate between more petulant
scolding, and the fair criticism which
is Indispensable to progress. Scold-
ing in the strict sense of captious
fault-fnding is contemplate, and ar
CUES a surly disposition, a disordered
stomach, or a bad heart. But the
conduct which earns that reproach
for public man springs generally
from the truest public spirit. 1t im=
plies a certain heroism and independ-
ence, because it Is always very much
easier to swim with the current than
stem it, and to join in the general
chorus rather than sing alone.
Happily to man who is in earnest
the incessant vituperation which at
tends his course from those whom it
disturbs is often very comical, Ii
gives that course spice and refresh
ment, If his object be 10 ventilate
the close and fetid houses of the
poor, and to promote the general well
fare of banishing typhus, to hear his
efforts reviled as an endeavor 10 i'm
wade sacred privacy and to introduce
new-fangled notions of health in place
of the -honored traditions Of dis
ease, Is so ludicrous as to be anus
ing. The amusement is still greater
if the fetid air that he would purify
is some form of equally time-hallowed
wrong in public affairs. Then 70 he
branded as a mOonsstruck innoyater
because he could exchange facility
for inconvenience, and ease for diff
Guilty, and good sense for elaborate
sophistry, is a coInedy OF which he
cannot but enjoy the humor. II man
has any sense Of fun whatever. 10 be
posted as a common scold, because
he raises his voice in favor Of scrap
ing the revered barnacles from the
bottom of the ship Of state, is jest
which is delightful But such scold-
ing, such persistent, uncompromising
exposure and denunciation Of wrong
doing, keeps the world moving for
ward. Everything is for the best Ia
this best Of all possible worlds, II We
take care that il shall be SO. The
condition of that adequate care is
vigorous scolding or unsparing cen
sure of the things that would set
awry the best Of all possible worlds.
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Mr.. Hoxie And The Tramp.

During the early days Of the Union
Pacific. when Webster Snyder was
General Superintendent, II. NJ. HoN-
ie was his assistant. Snyder and
Hoxie were an active team, and one
of them was nearly always ON the
road, examining its construction or
supervising the details of its con-
duct. At the time of which ! speak,
the road was completed a short dis
tance beyond Kearney, and Mr..
HOXie had been out 10 the end Of
the line and was returning. The
road bed was naturally very rough,
and the progress of all trains neces-
sarily very slow. Somewhere west
of Kearney tramp boarded Mr..
Hoxie's train. and attempted TO work
the conductor for free ride 20
Omaha. The conductor resisted his
plea, but his opportunities became
so pressing and pathetic that he was
finally referred TO Mr.. HoXie.
Let you ride to Omaha for nothingy Z
said he, when application was made
to him. No! When we get 10 the
next station the conductor will put
you off.
The order was strictly obeyed, and
the discomfitted beat forced out of
the car and on to the depot at Kear-
ney. To say that Mr.. HoXie was
surprised when, upon alighting from
the train at Omaha, the first person
that he encountered was the identi-
cal tramp would be TO put it very
mildly.
How did you get hereI inquired
the official.
The tramp tenderly and myster-
iously caught Mr.. HoXie's sleeve and
pulled him around behind the car
and out of the crowd. l didn't want
to give your old road away, said the
tramp walked.